disert

English

Etymology

From Latin disertus, from dissertus, past participle. Compare French disert. See dissert.

Adjective

disert (comparative more disert, superlative most disert)

1. (obsolete) eloquent

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “disert”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Stride, direst, dister, driest, drites, redist, ridest, stride

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin disertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [diˈzɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [diˈzɛɾt]

Adjective

disert (feminine diserta, masculine plural diserts, feminine plural disertes)

1. eloquent, loquacious

Further reading

• “disert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.zɛʁ/

• Audio:

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Adjective

disert (feminine diserte, masculine plural diserts, feminine plural disertes)

1. eloquent, forthcoming
2. talkative

Derived terms

• disertement

Further reading

• “disert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Paronyms

• désert

 

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

disert

1. Alternative form of desert (“deserved”)

Etymology 2

Noun

disert

1. Alternative form of desert (“wilderness”)